How can we secure a 60-day visa extension with an METV while in Ranong?

If you are in Ranong, the easiest border for you to bounce is with Myanmar, easily done by boat and yes it is open.

I think the mix up is two fold

@Julie *********

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FIRST exiting/re-entering the country doesn't get you an "extension", it gets you a NEW entry stamp for 60 days just like the red one you got when you entered the country,

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you're not talking to any immigration person OR being taken to any immigration person when you border bounce 🙁

You're contracting with a service to take you to the border, get you stamped out of thailand, get you stamped in and out of another country and stamp back IN to thailand to get a new entry stamp for 60 days.

if you applied for the METV online before you came here (as in you got an email of the PDF file that is your visa) PRINT it out as that is your actual visa and you show that with your passport when you stamp back into the country.

No matter what the company you're dealing with says, when you enter the country on a valid METV you WILL get stamped in for 60 days, and the officers at passport control when you stamp in know this

To stay longer...a Land BORDER BOUNCE to leave Thailand and reenter Thailand, even on the same day, will get you a new 60 Day STAMP and that can be extended for an ADDED 30 days at your local Thai Immigration office.

The METV multiple entry tourist visa is valid for Entry into Thailand for 6 MONTHS FROM THE DATE IT IS ISSUED.

With planning you can get Up to 9 months stay in Thailand with a few simple LAND BORDER BOUNCE entries...plan your trip to fit your stay using the METV.

There's NO 60 day extension of stay when you have a METV multiple entry tourist visa... The extension of stay is an ADDED 30 days at your local Thai Immigration office for 1900 Thai baht.

THESE are the common found requirements for the 30 days tourism extension of stay...be sure to have a TM30 address registration on file with Thai Immigration.

EACH time you enter Thailand with a METV multiple entry tourist visa you are STAMPED in for 60 days...

AND..

You can get a 30 day extension of stay at your local Thai Immigration office.

Then you MUST leave Thailand and RE-ENTER Thailand if you want to stay longer.

Any local extension of your METV will be 30 days only.

METV gives you 60 days at each entry within the validity of your visa. Take a 30 days extension or leave the country, make a easy border bounce and return possible the same day.

Common advise for a border bounce. Take a visa agent. They are familiar with the border situation and make sure the bounce will run smooth.